You can console yourself with the fact that your laptop, unlike one of the new ones if you'd bought that instead, can run macOS Sequoia (without "Liquid Glass") rather than Tahoe.
replyThis is always the gamble with buying a Mac. Either purchase right when the new is released, or be on the fence of your new becoming old a couple of weeks after purchase.
replyNot sure either since M5 base has been available for months now
replyAh yes, that's right. I was looking at the M5 model last month wondering why there was no 64GB option.
replyM5 has been out since last year, no?
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